Health

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Tuesday defended his minister Pavlos Polakis, who had earlier launched a crude verbal attack on social media against an opposition politician who uses a wheelchair. Polakis accused the 34-year-old New Democracy candidate Stelios Kymbouropoulos, who...

Two Greek doctors saved the life of a 54-year-old woman who fell gravely ill during a  flight between Lisbon and Zurich recently. Cardiologists Giorgos Angelopoulos and Nikos Spiliopoulos were returning to Greece from Portugal via Switzerland on the Portuguese airline...

The humanitarian aid organization ''Médecins sans frontières'' (Doctors Without Borders, or MSF) announced on Friday that they secured pneumonia vaccines at an affordable price in order to vaccinate children who live in refugee camps in Greece. MSF noted that this...

A 32-year-old Greek woman gave birth on Tuesday to a baby boy carrying DNA from three people. The child's birth is the result of a revolutionary technique which doctors say could help infertile couples around the world. The woman participated...

Dr. Anargiros Mariolis, from the town of Areopolis in the Peloponnese, was recently awarded the WONCA Award of Excellence in Health Care in recognition of his many contributions to the health of the community. The only doctor to have received...

The Council of State, Greece's highest court, ruled that smoking be prohibited in casinos and entertainment venues exceeding 300 square meters, annulling a previous law, in a decision made known on Wednesday. The previous law, following a 2011 ministerial decision,...

For the past forty years, no resident in the village of Skotino in the Hersonissos municipality of Heraklion, Crete, has taken a puff on a cigarette. The picturesque little town is a paradise for non-smokers in a country where...

Dr. Maria Themeli is a researcher who has made a crucial contribution to the treatment of blood cancer with the production of CAR-T cells which fight the dreaded disease. She is now determined to make her patent freely accessible to everyone, because...

By Phil Butler* A pioneering method, dubbed RADAR, which diagnoses dyslexia will soon be available in selected municipal centers across Greece and Cyprus. Developed by an international team of doctors, engineers, and scientists, RADAR is a truly revolutionary development in the...

Seven more citizens died from influenza complications last week in Greece, according to the Greek Center for Disease Control and Prevention's (KEELPNO) latest figures, published on Thursday afternoon. A total of one hundred and eighteen patients have succumbed to the...

Twenty more citizens died from influenza complications last week in Greece, according to the Greek Center for Disease Control and Prevention (KEELPNO), which published its latest figures on Thursday. A total of one hundred and eleven patients have succumbed to...

Seventeen people died of influenza complications last week in Greece, according to the Greek Center for Disease Control and Prevention (KEELPNO), which published its latest figures on Thursday. A total of ninety-one people have succumbed to the flu since the...

According to data from the year 2017, which was published by Eurostat on Monday, Greek citizens are the least likely to visit a doctor of all the citizens from all 28 nations of the European Union. Eurostat, which is the...

According to the most recent data published by the Greek Statistics Authority (ELSTAT), the average life expectancy of Greek citizens rose from 77.2 years in 1990 to 81.5 years in 2016. However, this latest figure was not nearly as high as...

Seventy four people have died of influenza complications so far this year in Greece according to the Greek Center for Disease Control and Prevention (KEELPNO), which published its latest figures on Thursday. The number of Greek citizens who lost their...